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Southern Lights by Danielle Steel

Southern Lights: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Southern Lights audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Southern Lights at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nick Podehl

Nick Podehl narrates 268 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,376 hours in all.

All Nick Podehl audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

6,103 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Southern Lights is an audiobook by Danielle Steel: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released October 20, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Nick Podehl
Released
October 20, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781423320746

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Southern Lights audiobook?

Southern Lights runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is the Southern Lights audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Southern Lights?

Southern Lights is narrated by Nick Podehl.